 National Conference of State Legislatures
Child Care and Early Education Legislation Highlights 2005
June 2006
Introduction
In 2005, at least 31 states enacted significant child care and early childhood education legislation. Areas of enacted bills included:
- Governance of early childhood and education, including agency, coordination and councils and commissions.
- Birth to age 5, including infant and toddler care and development, child care financing and subsidy, and child care benefits to U.S. military personnel.
- Prekindergarten program funding, creating new prekindergarten programs, using lottery money to fund prekindergarten and school finance, including using the school financing formula.
- Quality, including quality rating systems and other licensing enhancements, and professional development of teachers.
Highlights of state legislation appear below by issue area in alphabetical order. For more specific information, see the state legislation summaries in the attached appendix, which contains both citations for and summaries of the laws discussed here.
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For more information on child care issues, please contact Steffanie Clothier in the Denver office at 303.364.7700 or cyf-info@ncsl.org or either Sheri Steisel or Lee Posey in the D.C. office at 202.624.5400 or fedhumserv-info@ncsl.org.
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